Henri Nouwen wrote,“Each of us has a mission in life. Jesus prays to his Father for his followers, saying: ‘As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world’ (John 17:18). We seldom realise fully that we are sent to fulfill God-given tasks. We act as if we have to choose how, where, and with whom to live. We act as if we were simply plopped down in creation and have to decide how to entertain ourselves until we die. But we were sent into the world by God, just as Jesus was. Once we start living our lives with that conviction, we will soon know what we were sent to do.”
To fully realize my potential for each day, I must start my day by reconnecting with the One who has purposed this day, and my place in it. What a waste to spend even one day of my life busily doing nothing that God intended for me to do; to accomplish only earthly things; fulfill only my calendar’s agenda; and never realize the Kingdom work that was planned for me to do. Before we check calendars let’s check-in with our Lord!
Friday, April 27, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Examine Your Path
“To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.”
Josh Billings (1818-1885)
Isn’t it easy to apply our “standards and measures” to everyone but ourselves? We so easily see the “right way” for others – especially those we are close to. But Jesus told us to check out ourselves before we start telling others what to do. (Matthew 7:3-5; Luke 6:41-42). What “way” am I traveling? Psalm 139:23-24 is a prayer of examination that we should all consider before we start advising others!
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Point out anything in me that offends you,
and lead me along the path of everlasting life. Psalm 139:23-24
Josh Billings (1818-1885)
Isn’t it easy to apply our “standards and measures” to everyone but ourselves? We so easily see the “right way” for others – especially those we are close to. But Jesus told us to check out ourselves before we start telling others what to do. (Matthew 7:3-5; Luke 6:41-42). What “way” am I traveling? Psalm 139:23-24 is a prayer of examination that we should all consider before we start advising others!
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Point out anything in me that offends you,
and lead me along the path of everlasting life. Psalm 139:23-24
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- Robyn Henk
- Robyn Henk, author of B.L.E.S.S.E.D, discovering God’s bigger dream for you, wife of 38 years, mother of six grown children, and grandmother of three. The experience of God’s gracious love and provision in her life has led to her passion of bringing women into deeper intimacy with God, and fuller understanding of God’s love and providence for their lives. She has attended classes in Theology and Christian Ministry at Golden Gate Baptist Seminary, as well as researching The Geographic and Archeological History of the Bible in Israel and Rome, with Azusa Pacific University. Robyn has spoken on three continents and developed and spoke at the Women of Purpose Conference in Kiev, Ukraine; Kitale, Kenya; and to the Lakota and Dine’ First Nations in America. She has also taught Spiritual Disciplines, Parenting, Christian Leadership for Women, and Teaching for Significance clinics.